Nuclear Issues

A Japanese court issues an injunction to block the restart of nuclear reactors in western Japan in a case that could complicate prime minister Shinzo Abe's push to return to atomic energy after the 2011 Fukushima disaster.

It may be the only part of the US-Russia relationship that actually works. The new strategic arms treaty or SMART, has been in place for just over four years and has already made substantial cuts to the nuclear arsenal of both sides. Barack Obama's chief negotiator on the treaty is Rose Gottemoeller, under secretary of state for arms control and international security.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns the United States that the nuclear deal it is negotiating with Iran could threaten Israel's survival and insists he has a "moral obligation" to speak up about deep differences with president Barack Obama on the issue.

Landowners are able to nominate their property to become Australia's first nuclear waste dump and states and territories will not be able to veto the decision, under a process begun by the Federal Government.

Newly leaked spy cables, obtained by Al Jazeera and the Guardian, show a conflict between Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his own country's spy agency, Mossad, over Iran's development of nuclear weapons.